Two people died when a plane carrying crew members from a film starring Tom Cruise crashed in Colombia last night.
The crew had just wrapped up production on the upcoming Doug Liman film Mena, when it went down Friday, September 11 at 5:30pm local time/10:30pm GMT, while returning to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin.
"On behalf of the production, our hearts and prayers go out to the crew members and their families at this difficult time," Universal Pictures said in a statement.
The plane went down near the town of San Pedro de los Milagros in a mountainous area of Colombia's department of Antioquia.
Cruise arrived in Colombia on August 20 to record scenes for the film based on the life of American pilot Barry Seal, who worked for Pablo Escobar, the drug kingpin who was killed in Medellin in 1993.
The two deceased passengers, both Americans, were identified as Alan Purwin and Carlos Berl.
The plane's pilot, Jimmy Lee Garland, was injured in the crash and is being treated at a hospital in Medellin. Officials said Garland suffered a hip fracture and other injuries, and underwent surgery today.
